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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 19:37:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Early Washington Maps: A Digial Collection
Sender: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]>
We are very pleased to announce an new online resource: Early Washington
Maps: A Digital Collection, a collaboration between Manuscripts, Archives,
and Special Collections at the Washington State University Libraries and the
University of Washington Libraries.
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xmaps.html
Spanning three hundred years, Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection
includes maps of both sea and land faring explorers-from early nautical
charts of the western coast to the exploits of the Jesuit Missionary, Pierre
Jean DeSmet. It documents the struggle between Britain and America for the
ownership of the region, and the further development of one of the last
frontiers on the continent. Some of the digital collection's maps delineate
the boundaries under dispute within the years 1818 and 1846, culminating in
a peaceful compromise and the decision of the 42nd parallel as the northern
border of the United States. The digital collection also shows the efforts
of the U.S. government to survey the land, for both federal and private use,
under the watchful, trained eye of the General Land Office and the Corps of
Topographical Engineers. Finally, this database showcases the hopes placed
on the land of not only the country, but of individual citizens as well,
with maps platting out new towns, railroad tracks, and roads.
This project was made possible though a LSTA grant distributed by the
Washington State Library.
Trevor James Bond
Special Collections Librarian
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
PO Box 645610
Pullman, WA 99164-5610
Phone: 509-335-6693
Fax: 509-335-6721
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Jenny Stone Muilenburg
GIS Librarian
Map Collection & Cartographic INformation Services
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA 98195-2900
www.lib.washington.edu/maps
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